Foundation garment



Feb. 24, 1942. s. G. JONES 2,274,202

FOUNDATION GARMENT Filed NOV. 13, 1939 INVENTOR 'JTHNAEY GeFF/rHJoNEJ BY a ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 24, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 2,274,202 FOUNDATION GARMENT Stanley Griifith Jones, Chicago, Ill. Application November 13,1939, Serial No. 304,023

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in foundation garments and more particularly to a novel foundation garment of the type combining a girdle and brassiere construction. I

An object of the invention i to provide a device of the type formed of fabric so constructed as to perform its functions without the use of stays. conventionally placed in garments of the type now in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment of the type which will embody means to prevent the upward movement of the lower portion of the garment during the wearing thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide a foundation garment having a construction of the lower frontal portions of the garment as will facilitate the lower limb movements of the wearer while still maintaining the proper fit of the arment.

Other and further objects of the invention will appear as the description proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a foundation garment embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a front view in elevation of the abcally in the sides of girdle l2, and are flanked frontally by the fabric panels l5, I6, I! and I3,

each of which has a conventional garter [9 depending therefrom. The lower front edge 20 of girdle l2 has an irregular margin which permits freedom of lower limb movement.

The central frontal panels l6 and I1 are flared at their lower ends to form the overlapping flaps 2! and 22 which are held in place by the oblique elastic web straps 23 and 24, which latter are terminally secured at the outer seams of panels it and I1, adjacent the lower ends thereof.

An oblong reinforcement 25 is sewn at the lower end of the central frontal seam zli'between panels I6 and I1.

An abdominal supporter is formed of two segments 21 and 28 sewed at their outer ends into side seams of garment I2 and connected centrally and frontally by hook fasteners 29.

Each of the segments 21 and 28 is plurally shirred spacedly along and from the lower edge thereof, with the result that lateral outward tension of the supporter when it is adjusted in place acts to lift the lower portion thereof.

In use, the web straps 23 and 24 permit a freedom of movement while still acting to confine the hips of the wearer and maintain a firm wrinkle free fit of the garment. The shirred abdominal supporter has a lifting action without the use of stays. The straps 23 and 24 by their tension also obviate the use of stays, so that an entirely fabric garment may be had.

It will be understood that the device is capable of many modifications in structure and design without departing from the spirit of the invention, within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

In a foundation garment formed of vertical panels of elastic and inelastic material, a pair of panels disposed centrally and frontally cf the garment, free overlapping flaps on the contiguous inner edges of said panels adjacent their lower ends, a web strapconnecting the outer edge of each flap with the outer edge of the opposite panel adjacent the lower end thereof, and a fabric reinforcement underlying the lower end of the central frontal seam at the upper juncture of said flaps to resist the tension communicated through the strap members by limb movement of the wearer.

STANLEY GRIFFITH JONES. 

